TMW - The first month of the year see's a growth spurt as Britain nears BREXIT.

JAGUAR

JAN 2017 2694 Sales - JAN 2016 2252 Sales - +19.63%
YTD 2017 2694 Sales - YTD 2016 2252 Sales - +19.63%

LAND ROVER

JAN 2017 5427 Sales - JAN 2016 4609 Sales - +17.75%
YTD 2017 5427 Sales - YTD 2016 4609 Sales - +17.75%

JAGUAR LAND ROVER (COMBINED)

JAN 2017 8121 Sales - JAN 2016 6861 Sales - +18.36%
YTD 2017 8121 Sales - YTD 2016 6861 Sales - +18.36%

AUDI

JAN 2017 11676 Sales - JAN 2016 11513 Sales - +1.42%
YTD 2017 11676 Sales - YTD 2016 11513 Sales - +1.42%

BMW

JAN 2017 8489 Sales - JAN 2016 8265 Sales - +2.71%
YTD 2017 8489 Sales - YTD 2016 8265 Sales - +2.71%

INFINITI

JAN 2017 182 Sales - JAN 2016 105 Sales - +73.33%
YTD 2017 182 Sales - YTD 2016 105 Sales - +73.33%

LEXUS

JAN 2017 800 Sales - JAN 2016 1001 Sales - -20.08%
YTD 2017 800 Sales - YTD 2016 1001 Sales - -20.08%

MERCEDES-BENZ

JAN 2017 13048 Sales - JAN 2016 11800 Sales - +10.58%
YTD 2017 13048 Sales - YTD 2016 11800 Sales - +10.58%

INCREASES BY BRAND BY MONTH

ABARTH +10.95%
ASTON MARTIN +173.91%
BENTLEY +35.83%
DACIA +19.62%
FORD +3.37%
HYUNDAI +8.60%
KIA +51.22%
LOTUS +56.25%MASERATI +101.22%
MCLAREN +0.00%
MINI +18.07%
NISSAN +6.14%
SEAT +23.57%
SKODA +8.77%
SMART +6.83%
SSANGYONG +14.62%
SUZUKI +59.81%
TOYOTA +8.89%VOLKSWAGEN +7.57%

DECREASES BY BRAND BY MONTH

ALFA ROMEO -6.58%
CITROEN -28.95%
DS AUTOMOBILES -39.49%
FIAT -9.47%
HONDA -11.28%
JEEP -9.45%
MAZDA -33.96%
MG -34.50%
MITSUBISHI -13.42%
PEUGEOT -18.61%
PORSCHE -16.93%
RENAULT -3.02%
SUBARU -14.01%
TOYOTA -2.66%
VAUXHALL -9.18%
VOLVO -6.52%

This month has been a bit of a surprise, sales are up, but the amount of brands that have taken a drop in sales have increased, and some of those brands are a real surprise, Volvo for instance, they had a great 2016, with the new S90 and V90, yet they have taken a big turnaround in January, the same with MG, which increased sales throughout every month last year, and with the GS being an all new model for the first few months of this year, sales have gone down significantly - the new smaller SUV is needed sooner rather than later.

Jeep too had a brilliant 2016, yet the first month of the new year has also taken a nosedive, Why ? has the nation lost interest in the US brand. no, i doubt it, this is one US Auto maker thats selling reasonably well, unlike our home grown mass market brands, Vauxhall, they continue to sell less than the preceeding periods, is this because of the bad press that they are going through ? It is not because of a lack of decent models, they have and are continuing to launch new metal frequently.

Some of Britains other brands, Aston Martin, Bentley and Lotus and MINI are all showing gains over the same time a year earlier, and then you have the three French brands, Peugeot, DS and Citroen, all down, and all with new or refreshed models, even Fiat, Mazda and Honda are all down, so i am not sure why these brands are all under performing, especially with a good range of products to sell.

With the exception of Porsche, all other Volkswagen Group brands have shown an increase, rom an "only just" better than last year to a significant growth spurt, and Volkswagen continues it's turnaround, not only in the UK, but USA as well, where it has been hit hardest after the diesel scandal, Renault too which was hit at the end of last year with possible issues regarding cheat devices has been hit, but with the addition of the All-New Scenic and Grand Scenic should help keep this negative figure from becoming too big throughout the rest of the year, especially as it has a Pick up and refreshed models also due.

So, where does that leave us, the usual suspects are taking the top spots, Fiesta, Focus, Corsa and Astra, The Juke and Qashqai also sit nicely in the top ten, surprisingly there is the Mercedes C-Class and for the first time the Kia Sportage The Golf and lastly the Audi A3, thats the top ten for January, but surprisingly diesel sales have dropped significantly, with people heading back towards petrol, which is no surprise, as petrol cars are cheaper and with modern tech, they are equally if not better in the fuel consumption figures.

So thats the first month of the year. 

TMW - Its that time of the month - November 2016 UK Sales figures, and they still go up !

JAGUAR

NOV 2016 2905 sales - NOV 2015 2140 sales +35.75%

Y.T.D. 2016 32302 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 22035 sales +46.59%

LAND ROVER

NOV 2016 5278 sales - NOV 2015 6535 sales -19.23%

Y.T.D. 2016 74567 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 61608 sales +21.03%

JAGUAR LAND ROVER CUMULATIVE

NOV 2016 8183 sales - NOV 2015 8675 sales -5.68%

Y.T.D. 2016 106869 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 83643 sales +27.77%

JAGUAR LAND ROVERS COMPETITORS

BMW

NOV 2016 15330 sales - NOV 2015 11963 sales +28.15% 

Y.T.D. 2016 152197 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 138247 sales +10.09%

MERCEDES

NOV 2016 11382 sales - NOV 2015 9929 sales +14.63%

Y.T.D. 2016 167527 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 150210 sales +11.53%

LEXUS

NOV 2016 931 sales - NOV 2015 765 sales +21.70%

Y.T.D. 2016 13165 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 12375 sales +6.38%

AUDI

NOV 2016 12915 sales - NOV 2015 11083 sales +16.53% 

Y.T.D. 2016 165985 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 157565 sales +5.34%

INFINITI

NOV 2016 194 sales - NOV 2015 72 sales +169.44% 

Y.T.D. 2016 2813 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 1129 sales +149.16%

RISERS ON PREVIOUS YEAR (Y.T.D. CUMULATIVE)

ABARTH +43.80%

BENTLEY +41.74%

DACIA +1.58%DS AUTOMOBILES +111.08% *

HONDA +10.25%

HYUNDAI +4.77%

JEEP +32.31%

KIA +14.07%

MAZDA +2.82%

MG +33.32%

MINI +9.59%

PORSCHE +1.90%
RENAULT +13.54%

SKODA +6.914%

SMART +43.18%

SSANGYONG +35.56%

SUBARU +4.09%

SUZUKI +10.51%

VOLVO +7.76%

LOSERS THIS YEAR (YTD CUMULATIVE)

ALFA ROMEO -2.26%

ASTON MARTIN -9.62%
CITROEN -19.31% *

FIAT -5.61%
FORD -4.63%

LOTUS -6.70%

MASERATI -5.86%

MITSUBISHI -18.97%

NISSAN -1.57%
PEUGEOT -5.00%

SEAT -3.21%

TOYOTA -1.95%

VAUXHALL -6.05%

VOLKSWAGEN -8.59%

• *Citroen and DS Automobiles split sales in May 2015 - Combine both to get an accurate figure when comparing to 2015 sales figures.
• Grateful thanks for all the Figures supplied by the SMMT.

The year is coming to an end with just one month left to go, and wow, what a year, there has  been some huge news in the automotive market with Nissan confirming continued production, JLR breaking records and launching new car after new car, Brexit, and far more.

Jaguar Land Rover has seens some big number growth with the XE and F-Pace both doing brilliant business, and not just in the UK, the company is on course for it's best sales for two decades, and well deserved it is too.

MG has pulled out of UK production, or part production at Longbridge, and now the plant is only used for offices, press fleet, design and engineering and little else, i have it from one of the site workers that even more of the plant site will be handed back to St Mowden and that will be a huge disappointment to all the staff and customers, But their sales are growing, and look like topping 4,000 this year, the most since the brands full return, and thats is good news.

Both Vauxhall and Ford, the brands that have been leading the UK sales for decades are hemorrhaging sales every month, even with a load of new models the drop continues, why, well, their pricing is now on a par with other premium branded cars and people are going there and buying BMW's, Audi, Merc, Lexus, Infiniti and so on. 

Other UK brands are doing varying sales, with Bentley growing, but Aston Martin and Lotus both dipping, Lotus has been reported as making its first operating profit in the automotive side for many many years, and Aston is gearing up to opening a new Welsh plant along with a new model, the DB11 is out and selling well, and the company will be launching a new car roughly every six months until they are all replaced byu new cars.

PSA are also down, with the combined DS automobiles and Citroen at less than last year, even though DS is 111% up, sister brand Peugeot is also down, and all the brands have had new models or refreshed and updated cars, fellow French brand Renault is growing sales, so the sliming of its range a few years ago, and rebuilding the brand is working, the new Scenic is due imminently so will help sales a lot.

FCA is doing quite well, with a number of brands within the company, FIAT is down, Abarth is up, Alfa Romeo is down and Jeep is flying high with a growth of around a third, Fiat has the new 124 Spider, but its core models the Panda, 500 and Punto are, apart from the 500, getting very long in the tooth, thankfully the Tipo is helping keep the drop in sales under control.

So, the last few weeks of the year are here, and car sales will level off a bit as people are more into buying presents and turkeys, but there will still be lots going on in the auto world, and we will be here to keep you updated, so, from THE MOTORING WORLD we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all.

TMW - Its that time of the month - October 2016 UK Sales figures -Sa;es are up and the shift away from Diesel carries on.

JAGUAR

OCT 2016 2981 sales - OCT 2015 1929 sales +54.54%

Y.T.D. 2016 29397 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 19895 sales +47.76%

LAND ROVER

OCT 2016 5645 sales - OCT 2015 5192 sales +8.72%

Y.T.D. 2016 69289 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 55073 sales +25.81%

JAGUAR LAND ROVER CUMULATIVE

OCT 2016 8626 sales - OCT 2015 7121 sales +21.13%

Y.T.D. 2016 98686 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 74968 sales +31.64%

JAGUAR LAND ROVERS COMPETITORS

BMW

OCT 2016 13541 sales - OCT 2015 13938 sales -2.85% 

Y.T.D. 2016 152197 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 138247 sales +10.09%

MERCEDES

OCT 2016 11334 sales - OCT 2015 9924 sales +14.21%

Y.T.D. 2016 148226 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 126433 sales +17.24%

LEXUS

OCT 2016 812 sales - OCT 2015 992 sales -18.15%

Y.T.D. 2016 12234 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 11610 sales +5.37%

AUDI

OCT 2016 14659 sales - OCT 2015 13182 sales +11.20% 

Y.T.D. 2016 153070 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 146482 sales +4.50%

INFINITI

OCT 2016 119 sales - OCT 2015 166 sales -28.31% 

Y.T.D. 2016 2619 sales - Y.T.D. 2015 1057 sales +147.78%

RISERS ON PREVIOUS YEAR (Y.T.D. CUMULATIVE)

ABARTH +45.32%

BENTLEY +42.89%

DACIA +6.50%
DS AUTOMOBILES +153.22% *

HONDA +11.74%

HYUNDAI +4.65%

JEEP +35.34%

KIA +13.76%

MAZDA +2.77%

MG +35.95%

MINI +10.16%

PORSCHE +0.23%
RENAULT +13.64%

SKODA +5.64%

SMART +44.42%

SSANGYONG +38.65%

SUBARU +4.36%

SUZUKI +9.81%

VOLVO +7.80%

LOSERS THIS YEAR (YTD CUMULATIVE)

ALFA ROMEO -1.27%

ASTON MARTIN -11.94%
CITROEN -19.31% *

FIAT -5.35%
FORD -5.09%

LOTUS -9.42%

MASERATI -7.03%

MITSUBISHI -19.23%

NISSAN -2.76%
PEUGEOT -4.43%

SEAT -5.64%

TOYOTA -1.73%

VAUXHALL -4.42%

VOLKSWAGEN -9.86%

• *Citroen and DS Automobiles split sales in May 2015 - Combine both to get an accurate figure when comparing to 2015 sales figures.
• Grateful thanks for all the Figures supplied by the SMMT.

The month saw sales climb yet again, regardless of the Brexit hassles, this month we start with the two biggest sellers, both Ford and Vauxhall have between them taken a drop of around 25,000 units, which is a huge drop in sales, and both brands have new models either released or about to be released, so the perennial two companies that have been the UK's biggest for decades, are slipping, with the premium brands taking their places.

The next two, Mitsubishi and Volkswagen, are chalk and cheese really, but both are slightly related in the fact that they both manipulated their fuel figures, and both have been hit by it, less so for Mitsubishi, and VW has just turned a corner with positive sales figures, but considering Mitsubishi runs the PHEV sector of the market with a 50% ownership rate, they are still down, maybe the lack of a saloon car since the Lancer has been discontinued has helped drop sales.

At the cheaper end of the market you have Dacia and MG, both have sales growth, with MG slowly but steadily increasing month after month, and Dacia, with a decent range of products that are what the people want, and now they are about to be refreshed, sales should continue to grow, like MG, they will have at least one new model next year, and a refresh of its MG3 model, helping to keep up the momentum.

The Germans are all up on the year, with a couple of brands dipping in the month, it seems that these brands are taking up the slack from the "home" brands which are down significantly.

The French brands have differing sales too, with Peugeot dropping, which, considering they have a number of new and refreshed products either released or about to be released is a surprise, Citroen has dropped again, but add on the DS range, as they are now separated, and combined they are up, and Renault, has a large increase in sales, and this will only continue as they have a raft of new models coming on stream over the next year.

Lastly for this month we will focus on the other British brands, Aston Martin, MINI, Bentley and Lotus, with these four is it a 50/50 with half growing and half dropping sales on the month, MINI and Bentley are both bucking the trend and growing by a significant number whereas Lotus and Aston are both down, but Lutus can change at the drop of a hat as the sales as so low that just a handful can make all the difference, and that brings us to the end of the report for October, we are now well through the year with just two months left to go, and as long as things stay roughly where they are, its going to be another sales growth year, but we all know how things can change.

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Jon Mower.